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PERSEPHONE'S DREAM LYRICS
"Opposition" (2001)
1. Bevel
2. Kindred Soil
3. Puppetmaster
4. Endymion
5. Hyperspace Minefield
6. Dreamcatcher Static
7. TV Talk Show
8. 10th Moon
9. Agent Of Chaos
10. Far Side Of Eden
11. Stormchaser
12. Serene Sea
1. Bevel
The little boy woke up
with the sleep still in his eyes
No food was in the kitchen
but he didn't know to cry
His mother didn't even seem
to know he was alive
So he went out searching,
didn't know what he would find
He had seen the Good Book,
couldn't read between the lines
He rushed out of the door,
and left his fear behind
He said to the lady
with rough hands and soft embrace
Help me find the meaning
of my life in this place
She said, "Son, it's simple,
just take my hand and see.
I'll take you to the river
and how happy you will be."
He went down to the river
He went down to the river
He went down to the river
And he jumped right in
The water pulled him deeper,
he was looking for release
But he didn't know the truth
would leave him in the arms of peace
So he closed his eyes tighter
and said inside his mind
I'll travel down this river
and leave this life behind
He went down to the river
He went down to the river
He went down to the river
And he jumped right in
The water's cool
The blood is thick
But this world has made him sick
Close your eyes
Feel the flow
Float away
And let it go
He went down to the river
He went down to the river
He went down to the river
And he jumped right in
2. Kindred Soil
Driving through the battlefield
A shiver runs along my spine
For a moment, I am dreaming
Living in another time
(Shots exploding in the distance
Cannons echo through the hills)
No vision comes that clearly
Fleeting feeling in consciousness
Hardly breathing, I lean backward
Lay my head upon the rest
You are the Mother of the Earth
Your sons' blood has seeped too long into your flesh
They use their minds to create destruction while
Locking their hearts in an impenetrable steel tank
Cry for their foolishness
They are proud of their wars
tactics
power
strength
technology
country
Cry hard, Mother
Because one day your tears will fall only upon
Lifeless dust
Your sons will be gone
And will have pulled your silent daughters
Along with them
In the garden, we are working
I see your hands there in the dirt
A vision briefly comes to tease me
Other hands and another shirt
Who knows just where we've been
Maybe loving long ago
Maybe other lives are resting
'Neath the ground in Gettysburg
Was it in Gettysburg?
Was it in Gettysburg?
3. Puppetmaster
tear it down
build it up
finding ways to
fill your cup
upside down
rightside round
pick your eyes up
off the ground
pull it tight
turn it loose
now your neck is
in a noose
close your mind up
in a shell
know a secret
no one tells
no solution
just confusion
till you cry out loud enough
little puppets
dance for glee
think they know just
what you need
puppetmaster
pull the string
get her to do most anything
now you've got them
thinking thoughts
tie their hearts up
in a knot
never knowing
truly joy
each one another
pretty toy
no solution
just confusion
till you cry out loud enough
where are you going
ruled by your ego?
no solution
just confusion
till you cry out loud enough
4. Endymion
He's come to the edge of reason
But cannot separate
The quiet hour of midnight
From the dawn's prismatic light
Selene, his lover throughout the night
Somewhere, hidden in his soul
Is the gem of truth you seek
Locked away in its guarded sphere
It may disappear
Endymion
Keeper of Dreams
Before the night is over
Endymion
Can you give her the keys to your slumber?
Endymion
The Silent Sleeper
Forever lost in the night beneath the dawn
He's journeyed to the edge of the world
So far across dark seas
Somewhere out there on the horizon
Is the doorway to understanding
Selene, his luminescent vision
He's become his own reflection
Looking in to what he knows so well
He's entered so many worlds
And fallen into the prison of your spell
Endymion
Keeper of Dreams
Before the night is over
Endymion
Can you give her the keys to her desire?
Endymion
The Immortal Sleeper
Forever bound to the darkness beneath the dawn
Endymion
Written: November 28, 2000
5. Hyperspace Minefield
Everywhere I turn, I can't get away from it
Everywhere I turn, I think these things again
I don't understand the reason
Why my mind wants to descend
Unexplainable visions draw me
Nearer to the place I fear
Speeding onward, ever faster
My eyes play tricks with my own tears
I am running through a minefield
Every time I turn around
Don't look now--we're getting closer
To ending up on hallowed ground
Every time I see the black abyss
Every time I see the warning signs
A single destination beckons
Terrifying in its delight
Unavoidable situations
Close to danger every time
Guide the course, now hold it steady
Give our reasoning some rhyme
I am running through a minefield
Every time I turn around
Don't look now--we're getting closer
To ending up on hallowed ground
Will it ever get to you?
Will you ever find the truth?
Will you ever turn around
And find out what you already knew?
Shadowed reflections in your mirror
A tortured soul for all to see
Receiving emotional shockwaves
It's a hyperspace minefield
That locks you away
Dangerous thoughts infect my dreams
Enticing rhythms calling me
Thinking about it,
waiting for it Consequences of foolishness
I am running through a minefield
Every time I turn around
Don't look now--we're getting closer
To ending up on hallowed ground
6. Dreamcatcher Static
Unseen hands control my dreams
Nothing in my mind is what it seems
Cultivated kisses on unconscious lips
Diversionary dreams leave no regrets
Shades of night slip into darkest den
Iniquity calling to be my friend
Don't try to drag me down
Don't try to drag me down
Don't try to drag me down
Blue-light shadows just spin me around
Seduce me sweetly with a wall of sound
Psychotropic souls seek their own sixth sense
To devour the floor without recompense
Purple-haze halos invade my eyes
What you said then was no surprise
Sultry-sick voice in this smoky dream
Maybe all it is, is what it seems
Don't try to drag me down
Don't try to drag me down
Don't try to drag me down
Frenetic energy in your intellect
Just how do you know what you'd expect
Sleepless now in the moonlight's gaze
Silent dreaming out of phase
Don't try to drag me down
Don't try to drag me down
Don't try to drag me down
7. TV Talk Show
Look the camera in the eye
Show 'em all how you can cry
It's a microcosm of our world
Silly boys and stupid girls
Scream your head off on TV
Give 'em more profanity
I don't want to see your hatred
Anymore
Spewing hate, abusing love
Can't you see we've had enough
Foul-mouthed teens in an ugly phase
The audience sits there in a daze
It's all a game and nothing more
You don't even know what you abhor
I don't want to see your hatred
Anymore
People sit there mesmerized
"Give us more!" comes from their eyes
Anger rules the love possession
Never heard of self-discretion
Look the camera in the eye
Show 'em all how you can cry
It's a microcosm of our world
Silly boys and stupid girls
Who's behind this degeneration?
What evil lies in condemnation?
I don't want to see your hatred
Anymore
8. 10th Moon
Nothing could ever equal this
Nothing has ever come so close
No reason to explain it
I don't even understand
Why Time so quickly steals the sand
No rules, no reason
Smooth as satin
Ever pleasing
Private sanctum hides delight
Golden moonlight's aura bright
10th Moon rising
Our mysterious friend
Binds together as Time suspends
Inside, you find no emptiness
A quiet place to go
Whispered secrets, calming voice
When all is fair you have no choice
Sweet sounds in harmony
Turn melody to memory
You'll never know what this all means to me
The compass of Fate's wheel
Sends candles slowly burning
Clove-scent dances on my breath
As flames transfix your eyes
To link our minds, uncivilized
No rules, no reason
Smooth as satin
Ever pleasing
Soft breezes in the heavy air
Open all the pathways there
Step inside as the 10th Moon rises
I surrender now; nothing left to do
Awaiting dreams in the lunar pool
As the 10th Moon rises
Written: February 6, 2001
9. Agent Of Chaos
Agent of Chaos
Looks down on the world
Feeding his hunger
On loathing and dread
His hawk-like stare
Devours the scene
The beings below
Cannot feel the dark gleam
Intensely he waits
For the walls to come down
He readies himself
To wreak havoc around
Confusion sets in
On unknowing minds
He laughs to himself,
"How can they be so blind?"
Harmony's failing
When words all deride
And no one is listening
When anger divides
Perched on a spiral
Enveloped by dusk
The burning below him
Gives off a sweet musk
Agent of Chaos
Dances for the world's demise
Element of Chaos
In everyone's eyes
Communication
Has ceased to exist
Confusion is thick
In malevolent mist
River of fire
Flowing like wine
He thinks he's the ending
But can't see the real sign
Agent of Chaos
Dances for the world's demise
Element of Chaos
In everyone's eyes
10. Far Side Of Eden
Crying and crying
Pain out of bounds
Everyone's talking,
but there is no sound
Gaia's own heartache
As the smoke swirls around
Black rain falling--falling down, down, down
Sickening tempests
As the factories rise
Choking our ambition and blinding my eyes
Naked trees dying
By the cruel roadside
Soon our children will have nowhere to hide
We are living on the far side of Eden
Wisdom of the ages
Lost in the dust
Of technology's eruption as it's gaining our trust
Bitter winds blowing
In terrifying gusts
Fed by our growing material lust
Pacification
Greets the disgust
As the tide of complacency keeps eroding what it must
11. Stormchaser
Thunder
Breaks the night
Draws me near
The pleasure of fear
Electricity's brilliant
Flash of light
Inside out and outside in
Oh yeah, can we do it again?
Vivid clouds poised above you
I feel the hunger in your silence
Can't you see I don't want to be
Lost alone in the violence?
I want to sail into the wind
Oh yeah, can we do it again?
Animal sounds
Close to consciousness
Underlying
Close to crying
Entwining
Thrilling to obsess
Thunder threatens again
Resonating
So invading
Are you close to the edge?
Within the storm there's understanding
Gentle currents can be so demanding
The scent of sweetest-burning emotion
Move like water
There's no other
Cover me
With the sea
Taunting eye
No surprise
Back for more
Even the score
Inside out and outside in
Oh yeah, can we do it again?
Can't you see I don't want to be
Lost alone in the violence?
I want to sail into the wind
Oh yeah, can we do it again?
12. Serene Sea
Blood-red, flowing
Seething down
Firefall licks parchment ground
Burning river comes to cleanse
And with it's holy message send
Peaceful offering, giving life
Liquid lava, molten flesh
Can you feel its soft caress?
Forge a pathway, cover sin
Getting out or getting in
Imprisoned in your current form
Our very nature brings us harm
Blinding heat to heal the sight
Blending day with calm of night
Cool serenity
There is no need to flee inside of me
The water's deep, strong arms enfolding
My eyes beholding
Serene sea
Flowing down to meet me
I long for serenity
Time keeps moving
It's so soothing
I long for serenity
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